Hongye couldn't help but raise her eyebrows and glanced at Qiao Xi meaningfully. When Qiao Xi almost retorted the question, she said with a smile: "Oh, oh, first place, yes.
Mr. Snow Boy of Snow Country."
Although Qiao Xi couldn't help but want to bite off his tongue the moment he asked that question, but when he heard the strange monster's name, he still tilted his head curiously and asked: "Snow Boy?
"
Hongye glanced at the expression on his face, then glanced sideways at the two youkai fighting in the distance, and glanced at the lost Hoshikuma Doji. Her face showed a gentle look like Yamato Nadeshiko.
Smile:
"Yukidouji-sama... is a very special youkai."
"Special? How to say?"
"Ah, Hogetsuden, have you ever heard of the great monster Tamamozen-sama? The monster that symbolizes the sinful Nine-Tails?"
Qiao Xi frowned slightly.
——The yokai Tamamo-mae is very famous both among humans and yokai.
Even when he was still a human, there was a legend that the nine-tailed fox that deceived King Zhou crossed the ocean and came to his own country and called himself "Tamamo-mae".
——But it symbolizes sin?
Qiao Xi looked at Hongye with some doubts.
Speaking of which, aren't most monsters born because of some obsessions that are difficult to let go of? Strictly speaking, basically every monster with a name represents endless evil, right?
——Even Qiao Xi himself, facing a god, would not feel that he is a pure and innocent god.
He blinked and took a moment to answer Hongye's question: "I heard, so is she related to Yukidouji?"
Hong Ye paused, her focus subtly shifted, and she corrected Qiao Xide's vocabulary: "It's not 'she', but 'he'."
Qiao Xi: "..."
Before Qiao Xi could react, Hongye started talking about the relationship between Yuki Doji and Tamamo Mae.
The story is a bit long and the plot sounds a bit sad.
The great monster Tamamo Mae was born with nine tails and has extraordinary abilities. Since his birth, he has been able to obtain anything very easily. Even the complicated human heart is an existence that he can play with at will. Because of this kind of arrogance, for such a fragile human being,
Creatures, he had never seen them in his eyes.
However, just as Shuten Doji, the ghost king of Oeyama, was deeply infatuated with Momiji, who was still a human, the great monster Tamamo Mae also fell in love with a human woman by some strange combination of circumstances.
What is regrettable is that he is undoubtedly more unfortunate than Shuten.
Shuten fell in love with an ordinary woman, but Tamamozae fell in love with a shrine maiden who served the gods.
As a miko who serves the gods, she needs to remain a pure virgin throughout her life, so when the miko gave birth to twins for Tamamo-mae, divine punishment came from the sky.
——I heard that that night, thunder echoed in the sky over Kyoto all night, and when the sun rose the next day, the shrine maiden had turned into ashes——in Tamamo Mae's arms.
It rained heavily for seven days and seven nights.
Powerful monsters always have the power to affect the weather, and because Tamamo no Mae lost his lover, his sadness caused continuous heavy rain in Kyoto.
Many big monsters don't actually value their offspring very much. They believe in the ability to grow in difficult situations and will protect them when they see them. However, it is impossible to fully care for their cubs like humans do.
However, because the twins had half of the witch's blood in their bodies, Tamamo-mae carefully raised the two half-demon.
Good times don't last long.
Tamamo-Mae, who has been living in Kyoto because of the memory of the miko, used her demon power and two bracelets given by her friends to disguise the two half-demon into human appearances. Then one day, one of the two children
He accidentally broke the bracelet that concealed his aura, and a passing onmyoji discovered the secret of the children being half-demon, and brutally murdered the two children while Tamamo-mae was out.
Having lost both his lover and his child, for the big monster Tamamo no Zen, this was like a joke played by fate on him. His anger turned into nine-sky flames, turning the entire Kyoto into purgatory.
Later, the big monster disappeared from everyone's sight.
Qiao Xi listened to this somewhat sad story in silence for a long time. After sorting out her emotions, she finally remembered something and couldn't help but ask: "So, what does this have to do with Snow Boy?"
Hongye stroked her hair on her temples, lowered her eyelashes, and smiled softly: "Snow boy, it was the snowman that the miko-sama built with her own hands one winter, and was contaminated by Tamamo-sama's demonic aura.
Where is the monster that finally formed."
Qiao Xi glanced sideways at her.
——I always feel that Hongye’s tone is a little complicated when telling this story.
He thought about it.
No wonder.
From a certain point of view, Momiji Shuten's experience is indeed somewhat imaginary to the experience of Tamamo Mae and the shrine maiden.
If Qing Xingden hadn't passed by Kyoto at that time, hadn't mentioned to Shuten that the Togetsu God could purify resentment, and Shuton hadn't had full trust to directly send Momiji to Qiao Xi's shrine - then Shuten and Momiji would be in trouble now.
The ending should be similar to that of Tamamo Mae.
After all, at that time Hongye had almost lost his consciousness as a human being and degenerated into the lowest level of monster.
——That kind of monster cannot exist for long.
Well, no matter what, Hongye is still sitting here talking to himself, and Shuten is still fighting with Ibaraki in high spirits. This is good.
Maybe Hongye and Qiao Xi had the same thought, and suddenly turned to Qiao Xi and said seriously: "Actually, in my heart and mind, I have always been very grateful to Fengyue Palace."
Shuten was fighting with Ibaraki, and for some reason, he suddenly heard Momiji's words intermittently from the wind:
"I... I am... very... towards Fengyue Palace..."
Shutun: “???”
The drunkenness with a big imagination swallowed the whole person... No, the whole demon suddenly felt a little bad.
He subconsciously dodged Ibaraki's attack, then hurriedly turned around and appeared next to Momiji. He stretched out his hand to take Momiji into his arms in a very natural manner and then stepped back a short distance. Then he looked down at a light-colored yukata sitting on the ground, with the clothes in front of him.
With a small table, a wine bottle and snacks, I watched Qiao Xi watching a play and listening to stories.
It has to be said that the boy, both in appearance and posture, is extraordinarily elegant and graceful compared to other monsters. He especially has the demeanor of the nobles of Heian Kyo back when Momiji was still a human.
Meeting Qiao Xi's eyes, Jiutan instantly became alert.
——Although he has never cared about the troubles caused by the banshees, because of the red leaves, he can occasionally hear something about it. The Fengyue God in front of him has won the title of "The Banshees Most Want to Love" for several times in a row.